ASHEVILLE, N.C. — On Hippies Night at McCormick Field, no one was in a better groove than Greenville Drive pitcher Enmanuel De Jesus.

De Jesus, a 21-year-old left-hander from Venezuela retired the first 22 batters he faced Thursday night, and he and relief pitchers Devon Fisher and Durbin Feltman combined to record the third no-hitter in the South Atlantic League franchise's history, a 5-1 victory against the Asheville Tourists.

De Jesus captured the spotlight on the night the Tourists annually pay tribute to the laid-back counterculture born in the United States in the 1960s and still thriving within the Asheville community. The home team donned special tie-dyed theme jerseys with a retro-style "Hippies" stitched across the chest in place of "Tourists."

De Jesus did not allow a base runner for seven innings as Greenville built a 5-0 lead, and he retired the first batter he faced in the eighth. His bid for a perfect game ended when he hit Todd Czinege with a pitch.

De Jesus retired the next batter on a popout, but a wild pitch while facing Sean Bouchard allowed Czinege to advance to second. Moments later, Bouchard swung and missed on a third-strike pitch, but the ball hit the dirt, allowing Bouchard to break for first. Two throwing errors followed, and Czinege was able to score.

Drive manager Iggy Suarez replaced De Jesus with Fisher, who induced a groundout to end the inning. Feltman finished the game quickly, recording two strikeouts and a groundout in nine pitches in the bottom of the ninth.

The Drive (16-11) moved into first place in the Southern Division second-half standings, a game ahead of the Tourists. Greenville finished with 11 hits, including home runs by Tanner Nishioka, Marino Campana and Garrett Benge.

Greenville's first no-hitter was a rain-shortened, six-inning victory against Kannapolis pitched by Daniel Bard and Ryan Phillips on June 11, 2007. On May 8, 2012, Mickey Pena, Hunter Cervenka and Tyler Lockwood combined for a nine-inning no-hitter against Rome.